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I flipped through this book and it didn't seem that interesting. I really liked the Making of Star Wars book and this one (on a quick flip through) just didn't stack up. It's full of information on the EU and advertising and things of that sort and if you really want to track the growth of Star Wars overtime, that's one thing but for me it just didn't strike a note. I mean there's a lot bad EU out there that I don't care about and since I first saw a Star Wars movie was on VHS, a lot of the vintage advertising and toy marketing aspects have no appeal to me.

I would plug another similar book that's apparently out now (thought it wasn't until this Tuesday); SW: Year By Year. It not only covers SW from Lucas' script writing (as has been done before) to "the present," it also shows world and entertainment events at the same time, broken down yearly from about the mid-70s to 2010 (includes things not yet out/happened like C5, SW: Visions book, TFU 2 video game, and Making of ESB) but prior to the 70s, it's basically by decade. It's a tad pricey ($50), but with some discounts (I got it for 35% off with membership and coupon) it is definitely worth it. If I didn't have a job, I'd just sit and read it for days on end; quite facinating what I've persued so far.

I will have to check that one out. Gotta love the coupons.

I'm already stashing $$$ back for Making of ESB. That might be my Christmas present to myself.

I saw the Making of Empire over the weekend at Borders. Not sure it was supposed to be out yet. Anyway, it was $85.00! If it is that price, I'll have to pass. I would hope it would get discounted or be released in paperback eventually, but I just can't afford to pay that for a book, no matter how interesting.

Amazon has it listed as costing less, so I hope it goes down. I'd pay maybe $40 or so.